Japanese men and women ranked second in the world in average life expectancy in 2016 after setting new longevity records for a fifth year straight, according to the welfare ministry data.
According to the data released Thursday by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, Japan's ...

In January, when researchers specializing in aging studies proposed that Japan redefine "elderly" as being aged 75 and older — instead of the current 65 — it raised more than a few eyebrows.
In a nation with a rapidly aging population, where the sustainability of ...

In a small coastal town on the Sea of Japan, Uber Technologies Inc. is deploying an unusual strategy.
The average age of an Uber passenger in Kyoto's Tangocho district, population 5,914, is at least 70. Even stranger: Most of these elderly customers don't own a ...

They were mistakes, but they unintentionally made a serious point: Two signs in clumsy English at a new driver's license center in Kyoto pointed out that older drivers may be unfit to take the wheel.
"Terrible driver," the signs read.
They should have said "Elderly driver."
The ...